following failure of systemic chemotherapy, transarterial chemoembolization (tace) is an available method to control unresectable liver metastases from colorectal carcinoma (crc). the aim of present study was to evaluate the efficacy of chemoembolization for inoperable metastatic liver lesions from crc. forty-five crc patients with liver metastases resistant to systemic chemotherapy were enroll...

PURPOSE In this study, we retrospectively investigated the prevalence of arterioportal (AP) shunts in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with portal vein tumor thrombosis (PVTT) and evaluated the changes in AP shunts after chemoembolization followed by external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed 54 HCC patients with PVTT who were treated with chemoembolizati...

♦Corresponding Author: Muhammed Mubarak, MD Histopathology Department, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi-74200, Pakistan Tel: +9221 99215752 Fax: +9221 32726165 Email: [email protected] Abstract Background: Transarterial chemoembolization is the preferred treatment for unresectable, intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma. Survival after transarterial chemoemboli...

PURPOSE To review the available evidence of chemoembolization for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Computerized bibliographic searches with MEDLINE and CANCERLIT databases from 1980 through 2000 were supplemented with manual searches, with the keywords "hepatocellular carcinoma," "liver cell carcinoma," "randomized controlled trial [RCT]," and "chemoembolizat...

AIM To evaluate the feasibility of the McA-RH7777 tumor model in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats, for study of hepatoma and transarterial chemoembolization. MATERIALS AND METHODS McA-RH7777 rat hepatoma cells (1×10(7)) were inoculated into the left hepatic lobe of SD rats (n=38). Chemoembolization with left common carotid artery access was performed using an emulsion of iodized oil and doxorubicin, ...

INTRODUCTION Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization has been widely used to treat advanced hepatocellular carcinoma that cannot be treated by local ablation therapies or surgical resection. The effectiveness of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in prolonging survival has been well established, and approximately one third of newly discovered hepatocellular carcinoma patients were repeat...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and clinical outcomes of chemoembolization in Child-Pugh class C patients with hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS The study comprised 55 patients with HCC who were classified as Child-Pugh class C and who underwent initial chemoembolization between January 2003 and December 2012. Selective chemoembolization was performed in all technically ...

BACKGROUND Locoregional treatments of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have evolved over the past 20 years. Interventional radiologists have developed an important role in the palliative and curative treatment of the disease. This review summarizes commonly used interventional radiological treatment protocols to assist practitioners in understanding the techniques used to treat HCC. METHODS Var...

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and color doppler as guidance for transhepatic artery chemoembolization following three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy

BACKGROUND: Surgical resection of hepatocellular carcinomas and metastases to the liver cannot always be performed, and systemic therapies for these entities are of limited value. The techniques of chemoembolization and hepatic artery infusion have been used for patients who are not candidates for surgery. METHODS: Chemoembolization uses percutaneous intra-arterial infusion of chemotherapeutic ...